Has anyone donated to the Philippines?

[CatWoman]

There's a link on Facebook, but I don't trust it.

Where should I go to safely donate?

[DrewFlorida]

1. I donated to Unicef, they have a special fund setup for Philippines relief.

I did some investigating and found they give .94c of every dollar to the relief fund, which means only .06c is used for administrative costs. I also found a list of the 6 most trusted charities who are servicing the Philippines effort and Unicef was on the list.

[CatWoman]

2. thank you Drew

[1000words]

4. Good call.

I concur.

[sheshe2]

3. I am donating at work,

They are going to match anything we contribute, CatWoman.

[haele]

5. Donating through work.

Of course, work is a Navy Base, so there's a lot of people here, military and civilian, who have family they're worried about.

Haele

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Two links here on my own blog

http://nadinabbottblog.wordpress.com/2013/11/10/typhon-haiyan-is-a-disaster-of-unimaginable-proportions/

They are at the bottom

One is to the Phillipino Red Cross, the other to the UN Children's fund.

The Red Cross is on the front lines right now, the UN Children's fund will be there for an even longer term.

There are others. Also consider making that donation two weeks from now, the bulk is now.

[chillfactor]

7. I would love to donate .....

but living on social security I can barely keep my chin above water (no pun intended)...

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. grocery store accepting for red cross

[kestrel91316]

9. I donated via the Philippine Red Cross website.

[Silent3]

10. I donated to Unicef at work with a 100% company match. n/t

[demosincebirth]

11. CRS

[LadyHawkAZ]

12. ShelterBox

http://www.shelterboxusa.org/

[agentS]

13. I know a few organizations

This one is based in the Philippines and does good work.
http://205.234.241.62/abscbnfoundation/

And the Mercy Corps is going there as well.